Like Someone in Love

Like Someone in Love

Directed by Abbas Kiarostami

Produced by mk2 Films, Eurospace

2012109 min6.9 / 10

A delicate, slow-burn study of two isolated souls whose unexpected intimacy transcends the transactional circumstances of their meeting, leaving their true connection deliberately unresolved.

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter.

Questions people ask

  • Is Like Someone in Love sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Like Someone in Love one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 87% of films.

  • Is Like Someone in Love violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.

  • Is Like Someone in Love easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Does Like Someone in Love end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Like Someone in Love scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

69/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity88

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise56

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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